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Review Of New Publications.

What ineffable pleasure have I not gazed—and gazed again , losing my breath through my eyes— : > iy very soul diffused j'tseif in the scene—jntt , seeming to become . all senses , glided in the scarcely-agitated waves , melted in the freshening breeze , or , taking its flight vvith fairy wing , to the misty mountains Which bounded the prospect , " fancy tript over new lawns , moie beautiful even than the lovely slopes on the winding shore before me .- — -I pause , again breathless , to trace , with renewed delight , sentiments which entranced

me , when , turning my humid eyes from the expanse below to the vault above , iuy sight pierced the fleecy clouds that softened the azure brightness ; and , imperceptibly recalling the reveries of childhood , I bowed before the awful throne of my Creator , while I rested on its footstool . ' You have sometimes wondered , my dear friend , at the extreme affeCHoa of my nature—But such is the temperature of my soul—Tt is not the vivacity of youththe hey-day of existence . For years have I endeavoured to calm

, an impetuous tide—labouring to make : ny feelings take an orderly course . — It was striving against the stream . — -I must love and admire with warmth , or I sink into sadness . Tokens of love which I have received have wrapt me in elysium—purify ing the heart they enchanted .--My bosom still glows . —Do not saucily ask , repeating Sterne ' s question , " Maria , is it still so warm ?" Sufficiently , O my God 1 has it been chilled by sorrow and unkindnessstill nature will prevail—and if I blush at recolieCting past enjoyment , itis

the rosy hue . of pleasure heightened by modesty : for the blushes of modesty andshame are as distinCt as the emotions by which they are produced . ' We occasionally remark , in these letters , such anomalies in expression as are common withwriters of brilliant fancy . But notwithstanding a few occasional blemishes , the work has uncommon merit , and will not fail to be

admired for the happy union which it presents of refined sense , vigorous fancy , and livel y sensibility . , Letters containing a Sketch of ths Politics of Prance , from the ^ ist of May 1795 , ¦ till the iilh of June 1794 , and ofthe Scenes which have - passed in ihe Prisons of Paris By Helen Maria Williams . Vol . . \ th IITKO . Pages 225 . Price y 6 d . Robinsons 179 6 .

THOSE readers , whose feelings have been harrowed with the scenes of dreadful desolation and savage barbarism ailed in France , will rejoice to be in some measure relieved from the anguish of sympathy , by accompanying this truly sentimental writer in her review of the triumphs of insulted humanity over the ministers of terror . To borrow Miss Williams ' s beautiful simile ; their feelings will resemble those of the ' weary traveller , who , having passed , along paths beset with danger ; where base and horrid precipices

frowned about , and deep and dark abysses yawned below , gains at length some fair summit , from whence , while he shudders to look back , the prospeCl opening before him presents scenes cheered by vegetation , and softened into beauty . ' Several of the narratives in this volume are more than enough distressing ; but the reader has the relief and comfort of finding them terminate happily . The volume commences with an account of the accusation and punishment of

several persons , who had been principals in the horrid work of revolutionarymurder . These accounts are follotved by n more pleasing narrative of the escapes of innocent persons from destruction on the revolution of the 10 th of Thermidor . The remainder of the volume contains a brief review of the military operations of the French , during the period specified in the title .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE . Article 4
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Article 10
FEMALE SECRESY. Article 17
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 18
ON THE ABUSES PRACTISED BY MILLERS AND DEALERS IN CORN. Article 22
REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY. Article 24
ON THE POWER OF HABIT. Article 25
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS. Article 28
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND PAPER CREDIT. Article 34
THE REMOVAL OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE FINE ARTS FROM ITALY TO FRANCE. Article 37
CURIOUS ANECDOTE OF A FRENCH TRAVELLER. Article 38
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE REPRESENTING A COMPANION OF THE ANCIENT KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, Article 40
ON THE DEGENERATE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS. Article 42
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 53
POETRY. Article 54
ODE TO FORTITUDE. Article 55
ELEGY, ON MR. MATTHEW WINTERBOTHAM, Article 56
VERSES, Article 57
SONNET. Article 58
THE SIGH AND THE TEAR. Article 58
EPIGRAMS, Article 59
THE CONJUGAL REPARTEE. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE Article 62
ARMIES IN ITALY. Article 64
HOME NEWS. Article 66
THE ARTS. Article 66
OBITUARY. Article 68
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Review Of New Publications.

What ineffable pleasure have I not gazed—and gazed again , losing my breath through my eyes— : > iy very soul diffused j'tseif in the scene—jntt , seeming to become . all senses , glided in the scarcely-agitated waves , melted in the freshening breeze , or , taking its flight vvith fairy wing , to the misty mountains Which bounded the prospect , " fancy tript over new lawns , moie beautiful even than the lovely slopes on the winding shore before me .- — -I pause , again breathless , to trace , with renewed delight , sentiments which entranced

me , when , turning my humid eyes from the expanse below to the vault above , iuy sight pierced the fleecy clouds that softened the azure brightness ; and , imperceptibly recalling the reveries of childhood , I bowed before the awful throne of my Creator , while I rested on its footstool . ' You have sometimes wondered , my dear friend , at the extreme affeCHoa of my nature—But such is the temperature of my soul—Tt is not the vivacity of youththe hey-day of existence . For years have I endeavoured to calm

, an impetuous tide—labouring to make : ny feelings take an orderly course . — It was striving against the stream . — -I must love and admire with warmth , or I sink into sadness . Tokens of love which I have received have wrapt me in elysium—purify ing the heart they enchanted .--My bosom still glows . —Do not saucily ask , repeating Sterne ' s question , " Maria , is it still so warm ?" Sufficiently , O my God 1 has it been chilled by sorrow and unkindnessstill nature will prevail—and if I blush at recolieCting past enjoyment , itis

the rosy hue . of pleasure heightened by modesty : for the blushes of modesty andshame are as distinCt as the emotions by which they are produced . ' We occasionally remark , in these letters , such anomalies in expression as are common withwriters of brilliant fancy . But notwithstanding a few occasional blemishes , the work has uncommon merit , and will not fail to be

admired for the happy union which it presents of refined sense , vigorous fancy , and livel y sensibility . , Letters containing a Sketch of ths Politics of Prance , from the ^ ist of May 1795 , ¦ till the iilh of June 1794 , and ofthe Scenes which have - passed in ihe Prisons of Paris By Helen Maria Williams . Vol . . \ th IITKO . Pages 225 . Price y 6 d . Robinsons 179 6 .

THOSE readers , whose feelings have been harrowed with the scenes of dreadful desolation and savage barbarism ailed in France , will rejoice to be in some measure relieved from the anguish of sympathy , by accompanying this truly sentimental writer in her review of the triumphs of insulted humanity over the ministers of terror . To borrow Miss Williams ' s beautiful simile ; their feelings will resemble those of the ' weary traveller , who , having passed , along paths beset with danger ; where base and horrid precipices

frowned about , and deep and dark abysses yawned below , gains at length some fair summit , from whence , while he shudders to look back , the prospeCl opening before him presents scenes cheered by vegetation , and softened into beauty . ' Several of the narratives in this volume are more than enough distressing ; but the reader has the relief and comfort of finding them terminate happily . The volume commences with an account of the accusation and punishment of

several persons , who had been principals in the horrid work of revolutionarymurder . These accounts are follotved by n more pleasing narrative of the escapes of innocent persons from destruction on the revolution of the 10 th of Thermidor . The remainder of the volume contains a brief review of the military operations of the French , during the period specified in the title .

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